Inter-University
STARTUP CHALLENGE
Make
Ideas Happen
The Most Awaited Inter-University Hackathon
Is Back!
Organized by
Industrial Management Science Students’ Association | University of Kelaniya
Why HackX ?
HackX – one of the most successful inter-university hackathons unfolds its fifth successive chapter as hackX 2020, addressing the innovative minds of the Sri Lankan undergraduates. This time hackX revamps the ordinary hackathon into an Innovative Startup Challenge, allowing more solid refined startups to emerge through the industrial level product development guidance provided.
HACKX 2020 WINNERS
HACKX 2020 FINALISTS
HACKX 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS
1
Form a team and submit a proposal
Form a team with members who shares your idea and submit the proposal
Your Team
Choose your team wisely. Share your idea with them.
2
Pitch your Idea in 5 minutes
30 teams from initial proposal will get the opportunity to pitch their idea to our judge panel in 5 minutes.
Pitch your Idea in ten minutes
Pitch your idea to our judge panel in 5 minutes.
3
Get selected to hackx finals
Get selected to finals of HackX 2020 from the Initial - Pitch. Two best teams from the IdeaSprint - Intra department hackathon competition will also be participating for the hackx 2020.
Get selected to hackx finals
Get selected to finals of HackX 2020 from the Initial - Pitch.
4
attend to online workshops series
Attend these valuable workshops as they are supposed to give industrial guidance to transfer your idea to a business solution
attend to online workshops series
Attend these valuable workshops as they are supposed to give industrial guidance to transfer your idea to a business solution
5
develop your idea into a product
Develop your idea to a product with the guidance from workshops and with the help of mentors.
Idea to Into a Product
Develop your idea to a product with the guidance from workshops and with the help of mentors.
6
grab the hackx 2020 trophy
Grab the HackX 2020 trophy and walk away with amazing prizes and experiences as entrepreneurs.
hackx 2020 trophy
Grab the HackX 2020 trophy and walk away with amazing prizes and experiences as entrepreneurs.
Undergraduates of any University or Higher Educational Institute are eligible to participate in this competition.
A team must comprise of 3 to 5 members.
Participants in a team should represent the same University or the Higher Educational Institute.
Ideas should be presented in a proposal, following the proposal structure and the given guidelines.
All ideas should be novel and related to Information Technology aspects.
Proposed idea cannot be changed. Final product may have added features.
TIMELINE
Registrationsvia www.hackx.lk
Once the Registrations are opened, download the sample proposal structure, fill it and submit with your team details through the registration form.
Nov 08 - Nov 22, 2020
Hackx 2020 - Initial Pitch- Via ZOOM Platform
30 teams with the best innovative ideas will be selected through the initial filtration and invited to do an initial idea pitch of 05 minutes.
Dec 05, 2020Sustainability and Business Model Workshop
A new concept of improving your knowledge about sustainability and maintaining your product accordingly. How to future proof your idea financially.
Dec 12, 2020Technical Workshops
Two technical workshops will be conducted for the final 10 teams of hackX, in the aim of providing technical guidance for developing their ideas to startups. Including the support of Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals
Dec 13 - Dec 19, 2020Marketing and Social Media Workshop
How to gain attention to your product/service through media which are accessible to everyone.
Dec 20, 2020hackX finals
'hackX finals' will be the final platform for the final teams to demonstrate their four week mastered production and battle for the grand prize.
Dec27, 2020AWARDS
LKR
20 000
LKR
30 000
LKR
15 000
INDUSTRIAL GUIDANCE
Prabhath Mannapperuma
Partner Technology Strategist - Microsoft Sri Lanka
Bilaal Hassan
Senior Business Analyst - LSEG Technology
Pasindu Bandaranayake
Tech Evangelist - Ideamart, Dialog Axiata PLC
Sammani Kusaladharma
Biz Evangelist - Ideamart, Dialog Axiata PLC
Dimuthu Nilanka
Technical Lead - ISM APAC
Malinda Weeraratne
Assistant Technical Consultant - Sana Commerce
Daham Pathiraja
Technical Lead - Sysco LABS
Ishan Mahamuthupelage
Senior Software Engineer - Sysco LABS
Tharaka De Silva
Senior Software Engineer - Sysco LABS
Meuru Muthuthanthri
Technical Lead - Sysco LABS
Lasitha Benaragama
senior technical lead - creative software
KEET MALIN SUGATHADASA
ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL LEAD - CREATIVE SOFTWARE
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